Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s regulator may identify as much as $30 billion of debt included in mortgage bonds that the companies can force sellers to repurchase, according to Joshua Rosner, an analyst who in 2007 predicted the collapse in the market for the securities.

Americans are furious and “have a right to be” about the hefty bonuses banks paid out after getting billions of dollars in federal help

The four bankers represent institutions that collectively received more than $90 billion in direct government assistance from the $700 billion federal bank bailout and availed themselves of billions from the Federal Reserve. Goldman Sachs received an additional $12.9 billion in bailout money that had gone to AIG.

Wells Fargo & Co. and Bank of America Corp. were among 17 banks criticized Friday by U.S. pay czar Kenneth Feinberg for collectively paying out $1.6 billion in bonuses and other additional compensation to executives

All the payments took place in the five months between September 2008, when bank bailouts began, and February 200

The payments were not illegal but were “ill advised” and lacked a clear rationale, he said.

Bank of America is getting blasted with accusations of a “backdoor bailout” for its $2.8 billion settlement with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac over billions of bad mortgages.

faulty mortgages the bank sold to the pair during the housing bubble.

The outrage stems from BofA’s agreement to pay just $1.28 billion to Fannie and $1.52 billion to Freddie to resolve a dispute over loans purchased between 2005 and 2007 that the pair claims were improperly created.